Jŭx’ta-po-sĭ’tion, n.

(-po-zĭsh’un), n. [Fr. juxtaposition, from Lat. juxta, near, and positio, position.] A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, as the parts of a substance or of a composition; as, the connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition. In which juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.